What can someone do if they get a scanned copy of my visa?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 11 Aug, 2023
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To your extended question: yes, you can (get credit with scanned copies)
Most credit card issuers in the US are eager to sell you a credit card, and none of them ever meets you in person and sees your documentation. All they ask is your personal info, not even scanned copies. So if someone knows your name, SSN, and address, he can order credit cards in your name (they will come in the mail, so he needs to steal your mail, or add a step with a fake address change).
What can they do? Not a whole lot: unlike a passport, a visa is not considered a valid form of identification, so it can’t be used to verify a (fake/cloned) identity and it can’t even be used to enter a country without a matching passport.
That said, while visas vary considerably, some do include sensitive information like your full legal name, your birthdate, your place of birth etc, all of which are useful building blocks for identity theft.
Re: proof of identity and original documents, I applied for a new credit card last week and all I needed for it was scans of my IDs and some docs that would be fairly easy to falsify, like payslips. So, yes, it’s entirely possible to get credit using somebody else’s passport scan without showing physical ID.
Credit:stackoverflow.com‘
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